Project WDS question

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Goodmorning,

I have a School project running, and im trying to install and config WDS, to deploy images from a distance, and now I have a few question that hopefully someone could help me with.

1st: We want to make a config Vlan to put the WDS boot on so we can network boot it from that Vlan, but does annyone has a tool or something to see, when a new device is connected to the network, that we can choose what happends to it, like we get a notification that there is a new device on the network and if it is a device that requires an installation we put it on the config vlan, if it doesnt require an istallation we put it on the guest network?

2nd: I have made a Unatended.xml file for the install image, does annyone know what happends if the installation crashes, can we get a crash report from a distance why the crash happend, and fix it from a distance?

3rd: How many Data capacity is used for 1 installation image in WDS, so from start to beginning how much data is used for 1 install and boot image?

4th: Is there a way to directly connect to the company vpn while installing image with Unatended.xml file so that there is no action needed for the user/admin after the installation?

5th: I`m using ADK tool to make unattended.xml If i want the installation to use the Windows Licence of that device im reimaging, what do i put in the License key place? do i need to put something in or wil it automatically use the license key of the device.

I hope someone could help me with a few of these questions :)

Answer 1

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Question 1: I don’t know a tool or software can make it. Maybe you could check whether there is a new network port enabled on the switch in that vlan.

Question 2:
Try looking here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/936625
It looks like you have to start tracing on on your WDS server first via a registry change (regedit):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WDSMMC
Name: EnableFileTracing
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value data: 1

Then on the client you're capturing you should be able to see logs here:
X:\Windows\Tracing\WDSCapture.log

Question 3: It’s depend on you, WIM has no practical limit. After customization, a WDS installation/boot image usually becomes bigger than a clean image.

Question 4: As far as I know, No.

Question 5:
You can enter a product key during an automated installation of Windows by including it in your answer file.
You can also use product keys to select an image to install during an automated Windows installation.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/work-with-product-keys-and-activation-auth-phases

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Answer 2

@Teemo Tang

Thankyou so much for your awnsers
and taking the time to reply.

Kind regards